The importance of sujud Ash-shukur in islam

BISMILLAH 

What Is Sujud Ash-shukur?

The majority of Muslim jurists agree on the permissibility of offering sujud ash-shukur to express gratefulness to Allah as He showers His bounties explicitly and implicitly on man. Such type of sujud is an aspect of It is one prostration only.

Sheikh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

“Sujud ash-shukur is done in response to a calamity that is averted or a blessing which comes to a person. It is like sujud al-tilawah outside prayer. Some of the scholars said that wudu and takbir is required, and some said that only the first takbir is required. Then he should fall down in prostration, and make du`a after saying “Subhana Rabbiyal A’la (Glory be to my Lord Most High).” (Fatawa Islamiyyah, 1/205)

What du`a should you say in sujud al-shukur?

There is no specific du`a narrated in the hadiths for sujud al-shukur. Hence the scholars said that what is to be said in sujud ash-shukur is the same tasbih and du`a as are said when prostrating in prayer. 

So one should say “Subhana Rabbiy al-A’la. Allahumma laka sajadtu wa bika amantu wa laka aslamtu, sajada wajhi lilladhi khalaqahu wa sawwarahu wa shaqqa sam’ahu wa basarahu, tabaraka Allah ahsan ul-khaliqin

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى، اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، سَجَدَ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَصَوَّرَهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ، تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ."

(English Translation)

 (Glory be to my Lord Most High, O Allah, unto You I prostrate, in You I believe and to You I submit. My face has prostrated to the One Who created and formed it, and gave it hearing and sight. Blessed be Allah, the best of creators). Then he should make du`a as he likes. 

Ibn Qudamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

“The description, rulings and conditions of sujud ash-shukur are the same as those for sujud al-tilawah (prostration required when reciting certain verses of Quran).” (Al-Mughni, 2/372) 

And he said concerning sujud al-tilawah: “One should say in this prostration what he says in the prostration during prayer.” (Al-Mughni, 2/362)